The chief prosecutor of Crimea and Internet sensation, Natalia Poklonskaya, alongside her colleagues, has sworn oath to protect the Russian constitution and state laws.

The oath was taken in front of WWII veterans who are marking the
70th anniversary of the liberation of the Crimean peninsula from
Nazi Germany.

Following the ceremony Poklonskaya told journalists that her
office will “cope and will not fail,” to abide by
Russian legislation, that she and her colleagues are getting
acquainted with.

“Ukraine, Russia, Belarus – all came from a big country – the
USSR,” she said. “Therefore, the fundamental principle
of law, the requirements that comply with all international
regulations, they are the same.”

When Poklonskaya addressed the veterans she said her department
will never allow anyone – referring to Ukrainian
ultra-nationalists movements and parties – to touch the
“blessed memory” of Soviet soldiers and their heroic
deeds.

The 34 year-old Prosecutor General of the Republic of Crimea
gained popularity in Japanese anime cartoons after footage of
Poklonskaya's emotional speech about the coup d’état and chaos in
Kiev appeared on the internet in March. Having gone viral with
millions of views of numerous videos on YouTube, she is now
widely being referred to as a “sex symbol of Russia.”

On 26 March, Poklonskaya was listed as a wanted criminal on the
website of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs and charged
with violating the law based on a groundless claim that she was
involved in a conspiracy to overthrow the constitutional order or
seize state power.